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Bridges - Spanning the World (Hardcover)
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Bridges - Spanning the World (Hardcover)
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Building bridges across rivers, canyons, straits and sea represents
one of man's greatest endeavours. It has stretched human ingenuity,
engineering and material technology to their utmost limits. Their
creation has been driven by man's desire, from the earliest times,
to make lines of communication possible by foot, horse or engine.
Bridges have altered history by joining communities together,
extending trade and transporting water to villages and cities. Some
are of breathtaking beauty and it is little wonder that they rank
among the world's most admired structures. As Marcus Binney writes,
'Each one is remarkable in its own way, each a response to a
challenge and perhaps the realization of a dream.' This book looks
at more than two hundred bridges spanning the world and the
centuries. Here you will find, amongst others, an Inca suspension
bridge made from grass ropes; the mile-long Roman aqueduct at
Caesarea; the bridges of Venice; France's famous Millau Viaduct;
the doubledecker, transporter, lift and stilt bridges produced by
German precision engineering; Spain's Acueducto del Aguila (glowing
in a bright livery of yellow and terracotta red); the awe-inspiring
cantilever bridges built by railway engineers across major rivers
in North America and India, and the world's longest suspension
bridge at Kobe in Japan.
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